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1995 #USOpenCup Final Rewind >> The win also gave the @richmondkickers.bsky.social the "double", having won the USISL Premier League title (now USL League Two) and #USOC1995.

#USOC1995 Final Rewind >> Richmond would open the scoring in the 49th min. Leigh Cowlishaw found a wide open Rob Ukrop in front of goal. Ukrop, who was still healing from a broken cheekbone suffered in Q-Finals, beat the GK. It was the 3rd goal for the former national POY from Davidson College.

#USOC1995 Final lineups >> Richmond's head coach (and former #ManUtd star) Dennis Voillet arrived the night before the Final after preseason preparations with his college team (Jacksonville Univ.). El Paso star Sal Mercado got back the day of the Final after playing for Mexican side #AtleticoCelaya

1995 #USOpenCup Final Rewind >> The win also gave the @richmondkickers.bsky.social the "double", having won the USISL Premier League title (now USL League Two) and #USOC1995.

#USOC1995 Final lineups >> Richmond's head coach (and former #ManUtd star) Dennis Voillet arrived the night before the Final after preseason preparations with his college team (Jacksonville Univ.). El Paso star Sal Mercado got back the day of the Final after playing for Mexican side #AtleticoCelaya

#USOC1995 Final Rewind >> Richmond would open the scoring in the 49th min. Leigh Cowlishaw found a wide open Rob Ukrop in front of goal. Ukrop, who was still healing from a broken cheekbone suffered in Q-Finals, beat the GK. It was the 3rd goal for the former national POY from Davidson College.

#USOC1995 Semifinals: Richmond Kickers 1:1 Chicago Stingers - 12th min. 11 mins later, Kickers defender Mike Clark misplayed a high ball and Chicago’s Don D’Ambra took control of it and beat Kickers GK Jeff Causey to tie the game. D'Ambra was a standout player for indoor side Milwaukee Wave

#USOC1995 Semifinals: Richmond Kickers 2:1 Chicago Stingers - 38th min Richmond got back in front when former #WatfordFC academy player Jon Hall blasted a shot from distance. Hall, who played at #MillwallFC in his native England before joining the Kickers, played his college ball at American Univ.

#USOC1995 Semifinals: Richmond Kickers 3:3 Chicago Stingers - 88th min With 2 mins left, it looked like the Kickers were on their way to a 2nd straight pro team upset, but the Stingers would tie the game for a 3rd time. Dom D’Ambra scored his 2nd goal after taking a pass from Steve Morris

#USOC1995 Semifinals: Richmond Kickers 1:0 Chicago Stingers - 1st min. Before the more than 4,500 fans could get settled in their seats at U of Richmond Stadium, the Kickers scored. 34 seconds in, Scott Snyder, with his back turned to goal, found Brian Kamler with a back heel pass & Kamler scored.

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#USOC1995 Semifinals: Richmond Kickers 4:3 Chicago Stingers - 89th min Rob Ukrop entered the game in the 69th min, despite having a broken cheekbone that was a long way from healed. 20 mins later, Ukrop drew a foul that led to Ben Crawley scoring what would be the game-winning PK in the 89th min.

#USOC1995 Semifinals: Richmond Kickers 2:2 Chicago Stingers - 45th min Before halftime, Chicago tied the game when Richmond’s Kevin Scott pushed David Richardson in the box. Steve Morris stepped up and scored the PK. It was the 2nd goal of the tournament for Morris, another Milwaukee Wave standout.

#USOC1995 Semifinals: Richmond Kickers 3:2 Chicago Stingers - 69th min Richmond, playing with a man advantage, once again took the lead in the 69th minute when Scott Snyder headed home a free kick from Jon Hall.

#USOC1995 Semifinals: Richmond Kickers 2:2 Chicago Stingers - 58th min About 15 minutes into the 2nd half a scuffle broke out that involved nearly every player on the field. Matt Knowles, signed by Chicago days before the game, was sent off after punching Richmond's Ben Crawley in the nose.

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The El Paso Patriots are moving on to the #USOC1995 Final. They join the 1991 Richardson Rockets as the only #Texas teams to reach the championship game. If you know anyone from the El Paso Patriots or Richardson Rockets, send them our way HERE: www.thecup.us/contact-us

#USOC1995 Semifinals: El Paso Patriots 1:0 Seattle #Sounders - FULL TIME In 100+ degree El Paso heat, the Patriots hold the A-League's best offense in check to advance to become the 2nd #Texas team to reach the #USOpenCup Final Read @chucknolanjr.bsky.social's recap: thecup.us/2025/08/28/1...

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#USOC1995 Semifinals: The hero of the day was El Paso Patriots GK Jake Arrambide who made a few big saves in the 2nd half to preserve the shutout vs. Seattle. Arrambide, an El Paso native, made the team after an open tryout with the Patriots and only had high school soccer experience prior to that.

#USOC1995 Semifinals: The only goal came in the 36th min. when El Paso defender Gambino Amparan headed home a corner kick from Neri Bautista (some say Lorenzo Baeza had the assist but we're siding with the El Paso Times). 1st time the Sounders defense had given up a corner kick goal all season.

#USOC1995 Q-Finals: Seattle #Sounders 1:0 Chico Rooks In the 5th min., Seattle’s Jason Dunn went down with a broken nose, for the *7th* time in his career. Wade Webber said Chico's Eric Descombes (a former @toulousefcofficiel.bsky.social player) punched Dunn (Erik Storkson replaced him in 11th min)

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#USOC1995 Q-Finals: Seattle #Sounders 5:0 Chico Rooks Erik Storkson would head home another pass from Chance Fry in 2nd half stoppage time and the voluntarily 10-man Sounders would advance to the Semifinals as the only A-League team left in the #USOpenCup. Game recap: thecup.us/2025/08/22/1...

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#USOC1995 NOTE: There have only been 21 first minute goals in the Modern Era and we don't have the exact seconds for EVERY one (yet!). As of RIGHT NOW, only 4 players have scored faster than Chance Fry's 37 seconds. Support our coverage & buy a #Sounders shirt: shop.thecup.us/product/we-w...

#USOC1995 Q-Finals: Seattle #Sounders 1:0 Chico Rooks - 1st min. The Sounders wasted no time in getting started, scoring the opening goal 37 seconds into the game. Chance Fry tucked away a right-footed shot from six yards out. (Photo from 1994)

#USOC1995 Q-Finals: Seattle #Sounders 4:0 Chico Rooks A minute later, Seattle’s Doug Morrill left the game with an injury, but Sounders coach Alan Hinton decided not to replace him. Just as they did in Round 1 against the Everett BigFoot, they voluntarily played shorthanded for the last 15 mins.

#USOC1995 Q-Finals: Seattle #Sounders 3:0 Chico Rooks In the 71st minute, Chico goalkeeper Randy Dedini stopped a PK by Peter Hattrup. Dedini, who helped the North Bay Breakers make the USISL Pro League playoffs as a rookie last year, had signed with the Rooks in the offseason.

#USOC1995 Q-Finals: Seattle #Sounders 2:0 Chico Rooks Five minutes before halftime Wade Webber doubled Seattle’s lead by scoring off a corner kick from former Bolton Wanderers player and long-time indoor soccer veteran David Hoggan.

#USOC1995 Q-Finals: Seattle #Sounders 4:0 Chico Rooks In the 74th minute, Shawn Medved scored a goal assisted by Wade Webber. It was Medved’s fourth goal of the competition after scoring a hat trick in the club’s lopsided First Round win over the Everett BigFoot: thecup.us/2025/06/22/1...

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#USOC1995 Q-Finals: Seattle #Sounders 3:0 Chico Rooks Coming out of halftime Seattle were looking to punish the Rooks, and it was Dunn’s substitute that got the job done. Erik Storkson headed home a Chance Fry pass in the 53rd minute.

#USOC1995 Q-Finals >> Colorado Foxes 0:2 El Paso Patriots Sal Mercado's brace helped the Patriots take down a 10-man Colorado Foxes team on the road and advance to the Semifinals. @chucknolanjr.bsky.social's game recap: thecup.us/2025/08/20/1...

#USOC1995 Q-Finals >> Colorado Foxes 0:0 El Paso Patriots In front of a meager “crowd” of 290 fans at Sand Creek Stadium in Colorado Springs, the Foxes suffered a major blow in the 37th min. Rivers Guthrie elbowed a player and was sent off. Foxes coach Lorne Donaldson called the foul a "love tap"

#USOC1995 Q-Finals >> Colorado Foxes 0:2 El Paso Patriots - 77th min. Mercado followed up with another goal seven minutes later, this time assisted by Cesar Sosa, to put the Patriots up 2-0.

#USOC1995 Q-Finals >> Colorado Foxes 0:1 El Paso Patriots El Paso finally broke through in the 71st minute when Sal Mercado scored by “turning (Foxes defender) Robert Lipp inside out.” according to the Rocky Mountain News. The goal was assisted by Rito Delgado.

#USOC1995 Q-Finals: Chicago Stingers 0:0 NY Centaurs Stingers & Centaurs were even in 1st half, although NY held a 7-1 advantage in shots. Stingers goalkeeper John Howard (pictured in red with Milwaukee Wave), who was acquired from the USISL’s Puerto Rico Islanders earlier in the season, held firm

#USOC1995 Quarterfinals: Chicago Stingers 0:0 NY Centaurs In the 29th minute, indoor standout Don D’Ambra collected a deflection 30 yards from the goal with Centaurs rookie goalkeeper Bo Oshoniyi nowhere to be found, but D’Ambra’s shot went just over the crossbar of the empty net. Scoreless at half

On June 14, 1995, there were 4 #USOpenCup games on the schedule. Next in our #USOC1995 Rewind series, the NY Centaurs (A-Lg.) host the Connecticut Wolves (USISL Pro). After failing to sign Diego Maradona😁, Centaurs signed #USMNT player @januszmichallik.bsky.social from the Wolves Update 🧵 below...

On June 14, 1995, there were 4 #USOpenCup games on the schedule. Next in our #USOC1995 Rewind series, the NY Centaurs (A-Lg.) host the Connecticut Wolves (USISL Pro). After failing to sign Diego Maradona😁, Centaurs signed #USMNT player @januszmichallik.bsky.social from the Wolves Update 🧵 below...

On June 14, 1995, there were 4 #USOpenCup games on the schedule. Next in our #USOC1995 Rewind series, the NY Centaurs (A-Lg.) host the Connecticut Wolves (USISL Pro). After failing to sign Diego Maradona😁, Centaurs signed #USMNT player @januszmichallik.bsky.social from the Wolves Update 🧵 below...